Why is it disappointing? Blu-Ray players handle DVD formats as well.
And it's not like HD-DVD has built up a very strong foundation anyway, so absorption will be nil. Your pussy commie standards shouldn't be too offended by this.
Pariah. Do you even know what the hell you're talking about?
It sure doesn't sound like it.
My main beef with Blu-Ray is on account of that whole Profile 1.0, profile 1.1, profile 2.0 bullshit.
Where HD-DVD can do cool interactive shit like picture in picture and online connectivity right off the bat, with Blu-Ray, you need a HARDWARE upgrade, as opposed to a firmware one (as is the case with minor tweaks on the HD-DVD's) to be able to do the same wih Blu.
With the Batman Begins, 300, and Transformers discs, the difference is glaring. On 300, they didn't even bother to do the whole PiP comparison of finished film with the blue screen/commentary feature BECAUSE SOME OF THEIR PLAYERS ARE UNABLE TO DO THIS and i'm guessing they didn't want it to be glaringly apparent with the format war still raging.
The trade off with Blu was that you get your docu's and featurettes in full HD
Yeah, like you're going to impress people with that fact over interactivity that you couldn't get with standard DVD.
Another factor is sound. Again, you need a more expensive, newer gen 1.2 or 2.0 player to get Full HD sound. Going in to Best Buy and paying 350.00 (or even 399.00) will only still get you a 1.0 player. With that same cash, you'd get a HD-DVd with all the HD sound, all the interactivity and an ethernet port.
The war may be over but the better format definately lost. People keep saying that Blu is the potentially better format. But as I said, that will require a HARDWARE upgrade. In other words, ANOTHER BLU-RAY PLAYER! So basically, Blu ray is not yet ready for prime time.
